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J. W. HUNT & J. BRESSLER. PENOIL AND RULE POGKET..

' Patented M8 119, 1885.

N1 PETERS. Plwkoulhngnphtr, walhingiom UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONATHAN V. HUNT AND JOHN BRESSLER, OF CRESCENT CITY, CAL.

PENCIL AND RULE POCKET.

- EBPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,115, dated May 19, 1885. Application filed September 12, 1854. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, JONATHAN W. HUNT and JOHN BRESSLER, of Crescent City, county of Del Norte, and State of California, have invented an Improvement in Pencil and Rule Pockets; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to a new anduseful pocket or casing for containing a carpenters pencil and rule, and adapted to be secured to the overalls or working-trowsers in any convenient position.

Our invention consists in a metal socket or casing adapted to receive the rule and pencil, and secured to a suitably-folded piece of fabric, by which the device is attached to the overalls, as we shall hereinafter fully describe.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple and durable pocket or casing for a pencil and rule, adapted to be readily secured to the overalls or trowsersin a convenient position, and adjusted, when necessary, to a new. pair.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of our pencil and rule pocket, portion of the fabric B being cut and lifted to show the tongues a beneath. Fig. 2 is a view showing its use.

A is the casing, made preferably of a single piece of sheet metal, so cut as to form tongues a at each end, and bent to form a rectangular socket open at the top and slotted down the center, where the adjacent edges lie parallel, and closed at the bottom on each side of the slotted center.

3 is a piece of fabric, preferably of the same material of which overalls are made. This piece is folded to a suitable size and shape, leaving a flap, b, at the back, whereby it can readily be stitched to the overalls. Near the bottom of the piece B a slit, Z), is cut through its faeefold, into which the lower tongue, (I, is inserted, and wherein it is secured by the stitches 0, passing through the material and through a row of holes, a, in the tongue. A strip of leather, 0, covers the upper tongue, and is secured by stitches e through its top and the piece B, and by stitches c through its sides, and through holes a in the sides of the tongue. The metal casing is thus securely attached to the piece B.

The object of the leather strip 0 is to prevent wear at the top, and also to cover the upper tongue, making a smooth place for the pencil and rule to slide in and out.

' The position of the rule R and pencil P is shown in Fig. 2. The open slotted side of the metal pocket gives it sufficient elasticity to receive the pencil and rule easily and bind them in place, thus preventing any accidenta1 slipping out. The pocket is to be secured to the working trowsers or overalls in any position most convenient to the user. It is easily made, is effective for the purpose, and will last a long time, being adapted to be removed from an old pair of overalls and placed upon a new pair when required.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A pocket for a carpenters pencil and rule, consisting of a metal casing, A, formed of a single piece open at the top and closed at the bottom, and a piece of suitable fabric, B, to which said casing is secured, whereby it is adapted to be attached to the overalls or other working-trowsers, substantially as herein described.

2. A pocket for a earpenters pencil and rule, consisting of the casing A, made of a single piece of sheet metal open at top and closed at the bottom on each side of the center, and bent to leave a longitudinal central slot in its face, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

3. The metal casing A, forming a pocket having tongues a at the top and bottom, the folded piece of fabric B, having a slit, 1), for the reception of the bottom tongue, and the piece of leather 0, covering and securing the upper tongue to the fabric B, the whole being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

JONATHAN XV. HUNT. JOHN BRESSLER. Witnesses:

D. S. SARTWELL, A. H. CLEVELAND. 

